Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Chapter 5
Offline and Online Editing
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You can now transfer the project containing your new sequence to a Final Cut Pro
system capable of recapturing your footage at full resolution. The sequence clips are
considered offline because they are not yet connected to full-resolution media. In this
case, the term offline refers to the fact that the clips are disconnected from media files.
For more information on using the Media Manager, see Chapter 7, “
Recapturing Full-Resolution Media for Your Sequence
Once you create a sequence with online-quality settings, you can bring it to an online
editing system along with your original tapes and any graphic, video, and audio files
necessary to recreate your sequence.
To recapture media for your full-resolution sequence:
1
Open the project file you created that contains your duplicated sequence with online-
quality settings.
2
Select the sequence in the Browser.
3
To recapture all of the offline clips in the sequence, do one of the following:
 Choose File > Batch Capture.
 Control-click on the sequence and choose Batch Capture from the shortcut menu.
 Press Control-C.
For more information, see Volume I, Chapter 19, “Capturing Your Footage to Disk.”
Which Sequence Preset Should You Choose for Your Online Edit?
The format you choose in the “Set sequences to” pop-up menu depends on the
format of your original footage and the video hardware in your online editing system.
For example, if the format of your footage is DV, you choose a corresponding DV
sequence preset in the “Set sequences to” pop-up menu. If the format of your footage
is a non-DV format, such as Digital Betacam or HDCAM, you need to choose an
uncompressed sequence preset that corresponds to your third-party video interface.
Third-party interfaces usually come with pre-made sequence presets you can install
and choose in Final Cut Pro. If your editing system doesn’t have the appropriate third-
party presets installed, you need to install them on your system. Alternatively, you can
transfer your original sequence to the online editing system (which should contain
the appropriate sequence presets) and create your final sequence for recapturing
directly on that system.